Issue - meetings

This report presents Members with quarter two performance update against indicators and actions agreed in the Council Plan.

Discussion:

The Assistant Director of Development, Economy and Transport advised that the report covered the period from July to September 2010 and updated on the delivery of the Council Plan. He highlighted the areas performing well in quarter two and also informed the committee that, as previously requested by Members, further information had been supplied on NI 152 (working age people on out of work benefits) at paragraph 4.4 of the report.

Members queried the process for developing the Council Plan 2011- 2014 which would lead to a Full Council decision on a ‘new-look’ plan. Officers were asked to investigate the process for the development of the plan and when the discussion on the elements relevant to the Regeneration, Community and Culture directorate would be referred to this committee.

Decision:

The committee:

(a)               noted the performance for Quarter 2 Council Plan monitoring 2010/2011 and the outcomes achieved against priorities;

(b)               requested that Members are notified on the process to deliver the development of the new-look Council Plan 2011 – 2014 with details of timing of future overview and scrutiny consideration.

This report presented details of the Council’s performance for the second quarter of 2010/2011. In particular it included performance against indicators and actions agreed in the Council Plan 2010/2011.

It was noted that of the 53 key measures that could be reported this quarter 33 (62%) had achieved or outperformed the target and a further 8 (15%) were below target but within acceptable variance limits. 12 (23%) key measures were below target and outside acceptable variance limits.

The report also explained how the Council Plan 2011-14 would be developed to ensure it reflected the current financial situation, priorities for Medway and likely funding reductions. The plan would be developed alongside the budget setting process.

Reasons:

Full and accurate performance reporting to Members is consistent with best practice, and allows them to review the Council’s performance.